Category Epidemics

A patient at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel has tested positive, Barts Health NHS Trust has confirmed. A spokesman has told the Guardian that “staff in close contact with the patient have been sent home to self-isolate, as per…

Burkina Faso has reported its first two cases of coronavirus, making it the sixth nation in sub-Saharan Africa to be affected by the virus. Its health minister, Claudine Lougue, has told reporters the two patients – a husband and wife…

Public Health England (PHE) has confirmed that a student at the University of Oxford has tested positive for coronavirus. Our priority is providing support for affected students and their families, as well as offering support and information to other university…

The Madrid regional government has ordered the closure of all schools and universities for a fortnight in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus, according to Spanish media reports. The number of cases in and around the Spanish…

Romania’s government has announced that all schools and kindergartens across the country will be closed from March 11 until March 22, with the option of extending it further. “Our concern is to prevent children from any risk of contamination that…

Seven new cases of novel coronavirus have been reported in the country, taking the number of confirmed cases to 47, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. A new case each has been reported from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Ernakulam in…

NEW YORK’S Governor Andrew Cuomo has confirmed that the executive director of the New York and New Jersey Port Authority is among more than 100 people who have contracted the deadly virus. Director Rick Cotton had been overseeing international arrivals…